The Messiah before Jesus: The Suffering Servant of the Dead Sea Scrolls - new book

In a work that challenges notions that have dominated New Testament scholarship for more than a hundred years, Israel Knohl gives startling evidence for a messianic precursor to Jesus who is described as the Suffering Servant in recently published fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Messiah before Jesus clarifies many formerly incomprehensible aspects of Jesus'' life and confirms the story in the New Testament about his messianic awareness. The book shows that, around the time of Jesus'' birth, there came into being a conception of catastrophic messianism in which the suffering, humiliation, and death of the messiah were regarded as an integral part of the redemptive process.Scholars have long argued that Jesus could not have foreseen his suffering, death, and resurrection because the concept of a slain savior who rises from the dead was alien to the Judaism of his time. But, on the basis of hymns found at Qumran among the Dead Sea Scrolls, Knohl argues that, one generation before Jesus, a messianic leader arose in the Qumran sect who was regarded by his followers as ushering in an era of redemption and forgiveness. This messianic leader was killed by Roman soldiers in the course of a revolt that broke out in Jerusalem in 4 B.C.E. The Romans forbade his body to be buried and after the third day his disciples believed that he was resurrected and rose to heaven. This formed the basis for Jesus'' messianic consciousness, Knohl argues; it was because of this model that Jesus anticipated he would suffer, die, and be resurrected after three days.Knohl takes his fascinating inquiry one step further by suggesting that this messiah was a figure known to us from historical sources of the period. This identification may shed new light on the mystery of the Paraclete in the Gospel of John. A pathbreaking study, The Messiah before Jesus will reshape our understanding of Christianity and its relationship to Judaism. Israel Knohl, Books, Religion and Spirituality, The Messiah before Jesus: The Suffering Servant of the Dead Sea Scrolls Books>Religion and Spirituality, University of California Press

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In a work that challenges notions that have dominated New Testament scholarship for more than a hundred years, Israel Knohl gives startling evidence for a messianic precursor to Jesus who is described as the "Suffering Servant" in recently published fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Messiah before Jesus clarifies many formerly incomprehensible aspects of Jesus' life and confirms the story in the New Testament about his messianic awareness. The book shows that, around the time of Jesus' birth, there came into being a conception of "catastrophic" messianism in which the suffering, humiliation, and death of the messiah were regarded as an integral part of the redemptive process.Scholars have long argued that Jesus could not have foreseen his suffering, death, and resurrection because the concept of a slain savior who rises from the dead was alien to the Judaism of his time. But, on the basis of hymns found at Qumran among the Dead Sea Scrolls, Knohl argues that, one generation before Jesus, a messianic leader arose in the Qumran sect who was regarded by his followers as ushering in an era of redemption and forgiveness. This messianic leader was killed by Roman soldiers in the course of a revolt that broke out in Jerusalem in 4 B.C.E. The Romans forbade his body to be buried and after the third day his disciples believed that he was resurrected and rose to heaven. This formed the basis for Jesus' messianic consciousness, Knohl argues; it was because of th additional texts,ancient,bible study and reference,christian books and bibles,christianity,church history,churches and church leadership,comparative religion,dead sea scrolls,history Comparative Religion, University of California Press

This book makes the radical argument that there was a `messianic forerunner` to Jesus named Menachem, the Messiah from Qumran, who lived a generation earlier and served as a sort of roll model for Jesus and his messianic movement. The Messiah Before Jesus: The Suffering Servant of the Dead Sea Scrolls (S.Mark Taper Foundation Book in Jewish Studies): This book makes the radical argument that there was a `messianic forerunner` to Jesus named Menachem, the Messiah from Qumran, who lived a generation earlier and served as a sort of roll model for Jesus and his messianic movement. Religion - Church History RELIGION / General PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Univ Of California Pr

Isræl Knohl, David Maisel

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The Messiah Before Jesus: The Suffering Servant of the Dead Sea Scrolls

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9780520234000

This book makes the radical argument that there was a "messianic forerunner" to Jesus named Menachem, the Messiah from Qumran, who lived a generation earlier and served as a sort of roll model for Jesus and his messianic movement.

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